April 05
Prof. Ismael H. F. Santos -  ismael@tecgraf.puc-rio.br                                                          2
JSTL Introduction: What is it?
nOther facts
nJSP tags are xml like tags, which can be used by non-programmers (page authors or designers) without  knowledge of Java programming. 
nBecause JSTL tags are xml, they fit nicely into an XHTML strategy allowing web pages have greater tool vender support (for validation and dynamic data insertion) among other beneficial attributes (such as schema support).
nBean driven (for data setting/access)
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